Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Luibnech
prose
verse
4 st.
beg. Sund rocoscrad in cétach

Text on the dinnshenchas of Luibnech.

Luid Iason ina luing lóir
verse
beg. Luid Iason ina luing lóir
Flann Mainistrech
Flann Mainistrech
(d. 1056)
Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)

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Medieval Irish poem attributed to Flann Mainistrech on the destruction of Troy. Mac Eoin believed it to have been based on a prose text concerning the Trojan war but not a text of Togail Troí as we know it today.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Luimnech
verse
prose
beg. A fir fadlas sós na sen
Dinnshenchas of Luimnech
Independent, Tromdámh Guaire, Dinnshenchas Érenn A
Dinnshenchas of Lumman Tige Srafáin
verse
prose
beg. Dubgilla dub-airm n-aisse
Dallán Forgaill
Dallán Forgaill
(fl. 597)
early Irish poet, known as the author of Amra Choluim Chille

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Poem in praise of Aodh’s shield.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Mag nAidne
verse
prose
beg. Mag nAidni, co muriur mag
Dinnshenchas on Mag nAidne
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Mag Dá Gési
verse
prose
beg. In lia notheilginn do grés
Finn mac Cumaill
Finn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle, Finn mac Cumaill, Cormac mac Airt)
Finn mac Cumaill (earlier mac Umaill?), Find úa Báiscni: central hero in medieval Irish and Scottish literature of the so-called Finn Cycle; warrior-hunter and leader of a fían

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Dinnshenchas of Mag Dá Gési (Mag Dá Géise).
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Mag Femin I
verse
prose
beg. Femen ocus Fera find
Text on the dinnshenchas of Mag Femin (Mag Femen).
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Mag Femin II
verse
prose
Poem on the dinnshenchas of Mag Femin. In the Book of Leinster version, the poem is presented as a dialogue between the poets Cuimíne and Mac Dá Cherda.
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Mag Findabrach
prose
verse
7 st.
beg. Diambad mé nothecmad tair
Text on the dinnshenchas of Mag Findabrach
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Mag Life
verse
prose
beg. Life luchair, leór do blaid
Dinnshenchas of Mag Life
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Mag Luirg
prose
verse
9 st.
beg. Is eól dam im threbthas tó
Dinnshenchas of Mag Luirg
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Mag Mucrama
prose
verse
10 st.
beg. Mag Mucrime molas cách
Dinnshenchas of Mag Mucrama
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Mag Muirisce
prose
verse
13 st.
beg. A fhir a Muirisc na marc
Dinnshenchas of Mag Muirisce
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Mag Raigne
verse
prose
beg. Atchúala daig-fher ndámach
Text on the dinnshenchas of Mag Raigne.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Mag Slecht
prose
verse
beg. Sund nobíd / idal ard, co n-immud fhích
Dinnshenchas of Mag Slecht
Maiccni Echach ard a nglé
verse
12 st.
beg. Maiccni Echach ard a nglé
Flann mac Lonáin
Flann mac Lonáin
(d. 891 x 918)
early Irish poet; called ‘the Virgil of the Irish’ (Firgil Gáedel) and ‘King of the Poets of Ireland’ respectively.

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Middle Irish poem (12 qq) attributed to Flann mac Lonáin on the struggle for dominance among Eochaid Mugmedón’s sons.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Maistiu I
verse
prose
beg. Robái brón for bantrocht ban
Text on the dinnshenchas of Maistiu, commonly identified with Mullaghmast, Co. Kildare.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A
Dinnshenchas of Maistiu II
verse
beg. Dare derg, roderg frossa
Poem on the dinnshenchas on Maistiu.
Máthair Díarmata ón dáil
verse
2 st.
beg. Máthair Díarmata ón dáil
Two quatrains alluding to a story about the birth of Oisín.
Mé Éba ben Ádaim uill
verse
beg. Mé Éba ben Ádaim uill
Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Medraige
prose
verse
beg. Medraige mac Dorcain Maill

Prose and verse dinnshenchas of Medraige, which gives an account of the battle of Mag Mucrama.

Mesce Chúanach
verse
8 st.
beg. Is pind limp / In tan gabther mo dúan dam
Cúanu mac Ailchíne
Cúanu mac Ailchíne
King of the Fir Maige Féne.

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Medieval Irish poem (8 st.) attributed to Cúanu mac Cailchíni, king of the Fir Maige Féne.

Metrical Banshenchas
verse
beg. Adam oen-athair na ndoene
Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)
Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)
(fl. c. 1147)
Irish poet, credited as the author of Éri óg inis na náem and Ádam óenathair na ndóene (the metrical Banshenchas).

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Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)
Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)
(fl. c. 1147)
Irish poet, credited as the author of Éri óg inis na náem and Ádam óenathair na ndóene (the metrical Banshenchas).

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Metrical version of the Banshenchas, composed by Gilla Mo Dutu Úa Caiside (1147).
Mian mná Tethrach a tenid
verse
1 st.
beg. Mian mná Tethrach .i. Badb a tenid
Flann mac Lonáin
Flann mac Lonáin
(d. 891 x 918)
early Irish poet; called ‘the Virgil of the Irish’ (Firgil Gáedel) and ‘King of the Poets of Ireland’ respectively.

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1 stanza.
Mide maigen Clainne Cuind
verse
beg. Mide maigen Clainne Cuind
Middle Irish poem on the kings of Mide.
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